Mission Success Lead

About the role

We are looking for a Mission Success Lead to execute on our deployments and deliver great technology outcomes to our defense and national security partners at Vannevar. This position will report to a Mission Success Manager aligned to one of our pods. These pods focus on launching foothold pilots, converting pilots into larger projects, and embedding those projects within existing programs or inventing new ones within the national security space. We're looking for someone who brings experience and intuition to deploying new defense products with the Department of Defense. You are a mission domain expert with mission user experience, intelligence domain knowledge, or military service. You understand our partners' needs and challenges because you lived them. You are a motivated problem solver who takes ownership, acts with urgency, and is comfortable with ambiguity. You like a challenge, and you don’t quit. As a Mission Success Lead, you will execute on the delivery strategy on our current deployments and new footholds as we develop them to deliver unit-changing mission outcomes for our defense partners through the technology we deploy.

What you'll do

• Own the delivery of capabilities outlined within contracted periods of performances (POPs); whether it be a 6-month pilot, 12-month period of performance, or multi-year program of record.
• Go above and beyond to exceed customer expectations, and over-deliver to the point where continuing to partner with us is a no-brainer.
• Deeply understand the mission sets and pain points of our users so that we can tackle their challenges using a combination of Vannevar’s capabilities.
• Go to where the users are. To best understand how Vannevar can provide value, we need to sit in the same spaces as our users.
• Help us build world-class software. While product and engineering teams speak with customers directly, mission success is often our eyes and ears for on-the-ground reality. You will bring this expertise back to the rest of the company to ensure we are developing disruptive capabilities for our user base.
• Direct resources as needed, whether that be onsite embedded personnel, product managers, engineers or other mission personnel. You will need to be able to influence cross-team members to direct the appropriate resources to customer objectives.

What we're looking for

• 2+ years experience deploying SaaS software.
• A mission domain expert with 5+ years of mission user experience, intelligence domain knowledge, or military service. You understand our partners' needs and challenges because you lived them.'
• A motivated problem solver who takes ownership, acts with urgency, and is comfortable with ambiguity. You like a challenge, and you don’t quit.
• Previous experience owning customer renewal and expansion cycles
• U.S. Person status is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S. only data systems.
• Must have an active Secret Security Clearance or have held one previously. Active Top Secret Security Clearance is preferred. Ability to receive an SCI nomination is required.

What We Offer

The salary range for this position is $150,000-$170,000 + equity + 401K match. Within the range, individual pay is determined by experience, relevant education, and/or training.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 100% remote first culture. You can work from anywhere in the US and all full time employees have WeWork access
• Unlimited PTO including competitive vacation and holiday schedules
• Lifestyle stipends - Monthly mental health, wellness & fitness stipend, in-home office setup stipend and family planning assistance
• Salary top-up during military reserve duty
• Fully paid parental leave
• Child and pet care reimbursement during travel